Daughter sets up Facebook page in desperate bid to find kidney donor for her mother

Stephanie Reynolds set up a Facebook page in hope of finding a kidney donor for her mother Elaine (Picture: Hotspot Media)

A daughter has turned to Facebook in a final attempt to find a kidney donor for her dying mother.

Stephanie Reynolds elected to use the social network when her mother, Elaine, learned the chance of finding a match was less than one in 10,000.

Mrs Reynolds’ disorder is so rare that even Stephanie can’t offer her kidney, as its genetic similarity means Elaine’s body would reject it.

The mother-of-two has been on a waiting list for four years, yet she was first diagnosed with auto-immune disease Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in 2001. Stephanie says the ordeal has been ‘heartbreaking.’

So far, two people have volunteered their organs via Facebook, but neither was a match (Picture: Hotspot Media/Facebook)

‘Over the last seven years, I’ve watched my mum just get worse and worse. As the treatment is physically demanding I see her cry every day.’

Stephanie’s mother spends three hours a day, five times a week, on a dialysis machine.

Elaine, 54, is a rare blood type, requiring a kidney from the A or O group. So far, two people have volunteered their organs via Facebook, but neither was a match.

‘I want to meet any future grandchildren and be able to hold and play with them,’ Elaine says. ‘But it’s upsetting to ask a stranger to go through such a huge task for me.’